Convertible dining and billiard table



March 6, 1928. 1,661,965

T. w. RUSE ET AL CONVERTIBLE DINING AND BILLIARD TABLE Filed Dec. 15, 1926 Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS WILLIAM RUSE AND ERNEST ARTHUR C OX, OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA,

AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD TQ ROBERT GLENN, OE MOUNT HAW- THORN, NEAR PERTH, AUSTRALIA.

CONVERTIBLE DINING AND BILLIARD TABLE.

Application filed December 15, 1926, Serial No. 154,939, and in Australia September 20, 1926.

The object of this invention is to render a dining table capable of being convert1ble for use a billiard table, thereby adapting an ordinary dining table for the playing thereon of billiards pool, snooker or like games.

The invention essentially consists in the employment of side and end cushions which are adapted to bc removably attached to each other by means of brackets which are formed with dowels adapted to make downward entry into holes formed therefor in the cushions, and which brackets act as frames for the pockets-said cushions when attached to each other as a unit being rcmovably held on the table top by means of clamping brackets.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, reference will be made to the attached drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a plan view showing our invention as secured to a table top, one pocket and bracket being removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line 55 of Fig. 1, showing the clamping bracket. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a pocket bracket for use with a large sized table. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on line 66 of Referring to said drawings We employ removable side and end billiard table cushions as a and 7) respectively,

of approved make and shape or section and said cushions may be made of wood, rubber or any other suitable material.

These cushions are held together on the table top 0 by brackets, whose terminals (Z are integrally formed with downwardly extending dowels or pins 0 which are adapted to make entry into vertical holes 7 formed therefor in the end portions of the cushions table is used, the pockets j may be dispensed To secure the cushions on the table, we

employ clan'ipingbrackets whose U shaped portions m grip the top of the table, while the upstanding rectangular portions n abut against the outer face of the cushions, said brackets being secured in position to the table by screw studs 3) which make holding contact against the underside of the table top 0 particularly seen in Fig. 2,.

hen it is desired to use the table for dining or like purposes, the cushions are disassembled by the removal of their holding brackets cZ-g and the withdrawal of the dowels or pins 6 from out of the cushions a1 while the end clamping brackets are removed by unscrewing the holding studs 39.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A frame forconvertible billiard tables comprising two sectional side rails and two end rails, each carrying its respective resilient cushion, the upper face of each rail be ing provided adjacent each of its ends with the openings of the rails to secure said bows and rails together.

2. The combination with a'table top and a covering therefor, of means for converting the table into a billiard table comprising two sectional side rails and two end rails.

means for connecting the rails together and forming pockets. and clamps each having a.

and cloth and a flat arm extending at an angle to one of said arms to bear against the outer face of one of the end rails to hold said rails in position on the table top.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

THOMAS WILLIAM RUSE. ERNEST ARTHUR COX.

pair of parallel arms to embrace the table me i 

